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Enjoy Retirement Dan
By Brady L. Kay
Long-time fishing columnist calls it a career
While the name of our fishing column has changed a few times over the years, the author of our monthly column has not. For nearly 30 years, our angling expert and enthusiast, Dan Armitage, has been contributing to PDB magazine and has provided countless fishing tips while entertaining us with his humor. With a new year comes a new direction and Dan has decided to spend (even) more time fishing and is stepping down as our regular columnist.

Dan has been a prized catch for us and he will surely be missed. Enjoy retirement my friend, you’ve earned it after a successful career in the boating industry.

Man in a blue shirt pointing to a TV screen displaying specialty boating magazine covers for PDB and Boating Sportsman.
Dan has always been good about promoting Pontoon & Deck Boat magazine, as well as sister publications from Harris Publishing.
Smiling woman in a green shirt and sunglasses holding up a large bass she caught while fishing on a lake.
Young boy in a yellow life jacket and blue visor proudly holding a fish he caught while on a pontoon boat.
Over the years, Dan’s wife Maria and their son Ethan appeared in many photos as his models to demonstrate specific fishing tips or fun catches.
Man on a covered dock showing a large fish to a group of children and adults sitting in white chairs.
Man in a blue uniform and baseball cap teaching a young girl in a life jacket how to rig a fishing line.
Instructor in a teal shirt showing a fish to a large group of excited children at an indoor event.
Man in an orange shirt talking to a young girl in a life jacket on a boat next to a Mercury OptiMax engine.
Besides writing, Dan was a regular at the boat shows all over the country. He especially loved teaching and getting the younger generation hooked on fishing or if nothing else, he knew how to make the children laugh.